Here's the background to this piece: [link]I actually wanted to add more ships and the battle around it, but a friend advised me not to, so I kept it the way it is It shows the ship reemerging from the dust left behind from an enormous explosion.

Dust is a planetary phenomenon. Ships built and operated in space wouldn't become dusty. Further, an explosion in space might include fire and smoke, but any smoke generated would dissipate almost immediately, and any fire would only last as long as a sufficiently pressurized atmosphere was actively venting into space.

And you're absolutely right, though this explosion was caused by the destruction by a huge vessel, as such the resulting dust would have substantial size, even if it won't remain for long. But to be honest, an artist hast to bend the rules of physics every now and then